Indian Railways is preparing to shift chart preparation to eight hours before departure—up from the current four-hour window.

Aiming to curb misuse of the tatkal ticketing facility, the railways is planning to implement a one-time-password based window tickets in the next few days.

An OTP-based Tatkal reservation system was proposed by the railways to make the facility more convenient for common users. First, the Railways introduced Aadhaar-based authentication for online Tatkal ...